Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Brother Benedict Barry, MM

Cornelius F. Barry was born in New York City on October 13, 1893. After graduation from high school he took a business course for one year and then went to work for the Edison Company for nine years. He served in the Army during...

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Brother Bede Dower, MM

George W. Dower (Brother Bede) was born in Mason, West Virginia in 1968. Before entering Maryknoll he had lived in Wheeling, West Virginia. Much of his life had been spent in farming. At one time he had been a Mississippi River...

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Bishop Thomas P. Collins, MM

Bishop Thomas Patrick Collins passed away at 7 a.m. at the Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck, N.Y. on December 7, 1973. The bishop had been a resident of St. Teresa’s since June, 1972. Bishop Collins, of the class of...

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Bishop Thomas J. Danehy, MM

Thomas J. Danehy was born on May 19, 1914 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After grammar school he went to Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit for three years and then spent two years at St. Joseph’s College, Collegeville, Maryland....

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Bishop Patrick J. Byrne, MM

Patrick J. Byrne was born October 26, 1888 in Washington, D.C.  He was educated by the Sulpician Fathers at St. Charles College and St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. He was ordained on June 23, 1915 and a week later came...

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